Extending from the top right of an electrostatic generating machine's oak case; a fully adjustable brass rod (b) attached to a brass crown (a); six brass wires attached to a brass band hangs from the support.
Extending from the top right of an electrostatic generating machine's oak case; a fully adjustable brass rod (b) attached to a brass crown (a); six brass wires attached to a brass band hangs from the support.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - crown - Size: Length 66.2 cm x Width 28.3 cm x Depth 12.9 cm
b - support - Size: Length 69.0 cm x Width 12.0 cm x Depth 1.5 cm
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. Frank Mellow and used in his home office in Uxbridge, Ontario; the Dr.'s main practice was on first floor; this was on the second floor where radiotherapy, massage, surgical procedures were performed with it; it was last used therapeutically in 1940 by Dr. Mellow.
The brass on the band is beginning to corrode and show darker areas; the rest is like new.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Other
Reference Comments
Associated with 006030001; electrostatic generating machine; "Static Electricity and the uses of the Roentgen Ray", W.B. Snow, 1903, p. 15; "Electricity in Medicine", G.W. Jacoby & J.R. Jacoby, 1919, p. 127
Research Facts
These electrodes were used with the electrostatic generating machine; they were not designed to touch the patient but to be lowered over their heads in the static breeze treatment; this withdraws the accumulated static charge from the patient.
Exhibit History
To display in Museum (North Gallery Room 1013): "Electricity and the Invisible Ray," Oct. 2006 - Feb 2016.